Tag: vaccine
Mumbai: KEM Hospital starts trials of Covishield vaccine
The civic-run King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday began phase II and III trials of the Oxford Covishield vaccine for COVID-19,...
Assam lab isolates COVID-19 virus
The Regional Medical Research Centre for NE Region at Dibrugarh in Assam has become the fourth laboratory in the country to successfully isolate the...
Apple and Google to launch COVID-19 contract-tracing tool
Tech giants Apple and Google, in an attempt to combat the spread of the deadly pandemic coronavirus, are working on a contract-tracing tool.
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Flu vaccination cuts hospitalisation in kids by half
Fully vaccinating children against influenza reduces their risk of hospitalisation by over 50 per cent, according to a study published on Wednesday. The research, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Disease, is one of the few studies worldwide that has tested the effectiveness of childhood vaccination against flu, and risk of hospitalisation due to influenza complications.
GSK’s Trump Card: Vaccine for Tuberculosis
British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has developed a vaccine to fight against Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis - better known as TB is a deadly, infectious disease....
